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Timing is everything
Life is all about timing...the unreachable becomes reachable, the unavailable becomes available, the unattainable, attainable...the weather clears when you need it to, you're in the right place at the right time, you were meant to meet or win a raffle... nothing is a coincidence. As I was shutting down at work today, activating the "out-of-office-go-bother-someone-else" auto reply on my email, saying good-byes and collecting 'happy journey' wishes from colleagues, I was having a terrible case of butterflies in my stomach. On the way home, I was thinking, 'I don't know how much longer I can keep thinking of bike/ride stuff to keep blogging about.' And then the expression, "timing is everything" popped into my head...followed by, 'good thing it's time to leave on the actual trip!!' I don't know if the weather will be kind, but I do have faith that these next two weeks will be the right time for me to do this ride and in the right place. It is, quite simply, my time.
That was a calming thought. I've been known to say encouragingly to friends fretting about life transitions, "you are exactly where you need to be." We may not buy that line of thought in the moment, but in the future, when reflecting back, we know it was so. It's like this...it didn't work out with the Love Of Your Life and you thought you'd die, only to meet someone a few years later that you actually loved more and probably would not have been interested in without all those other years happening first. Or you're angry and ticked off that a police officer pulled you over on the way to the airport, making you miss your flight, so you go grumpily to the bar where a casual conversation with another weary traveller leads to a remarkable business deal two years later.
Instead of letting nerves get a total hold of me this evening, this kind of thinking got me back to a place of courage and faith and excitement. It's all going to be good. It's my time. I'm going to be right where I need to be.
That was a calming thought. I've been known to say encouragingly to friends fretting about life transitions, "you are exactly where you need to be." We may not buy that line of thought in the moment, but in the future, when reflecting back, we know it was so. It's like this...it didn't work out with the Love Of Your Life and you thought you'd die, only to meet someone a few years later that you actually loved more and probably would not have been interested in without all those other years happening first. Or you're angry and ticked off that a police officer pulled you over on the way to the airport, making you miss your flight, so you go grumpily to the bar where a casual conversation with another weary traveller leads to a remarkable business deal two years later.
Instead of letting nerves get a total hold of me this evening, this kind of thinking got me back to a place of courage and faith and excitement. It's all going to be good. It's my time. I'm going to be right where I need to be.